Your favourite history books

Earlier this year we asked our readers to nominate which non-fiction works inspired you to fall in love with history, or that contributed to your research. Here, no in no particular order, are the ones that made it to the top 10!

From the classics of last century, to the latest in literature, we loved reading about your nominations. Now it's your chance to vote for your number one! We want to know which inspired you the most, or which you'd most like to get your hands on!

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1.Which of the books below is your number one history book?

Dancing with Strangers: Sydney 1788-1800 by Inga Clendinnen

Port Arthur: A Place of Misery by Maggie Weidenhofer

In Her Own Words: The Writings of Elizabeth Macquarie by Robin Walsh

Pioneers of Martins Bay: Life in New Zealand's Most Remote Settlement by Alice McKenzie

The Convict Ships, 1787-1868 by Charles Bateson

A Million Wild Acres: 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest by Eric Rolls

Seeing the First Australians by Ian and Tamsin Donaldson

The Second Fleet: Britain's Grim Convict Armada of 1790 by Michael Flynn

Digging for Diggers: A Guide to Researching an Australian Soldier of The Great War by Graeme Hosken